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Weaving Shaker Rugs: Traditional Techniques to Create Beautiful Reproduction Rugs and Tapes
Mary Elva Congleton
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Description for Weaving Shaker Rugs: Traditional Techniques to Create Beautiful Reproduction Rugs and Tapes
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 89 colour photos. BIC Classification: WFF; WFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215. Weight in Grams: 898.
Learn how to make colorful, gorgeously patterned rugs using the 200-year-old techniques of the Shakers. The author researched and analyzed textiles at five historic Shaker village sites before developing a method to create new versions of these classics. You'll learn how ten original rugs were woven and then get detailed instructions on how to make ten reproduction rugs, with full explanations of the dyeing, the warp material, the weft materials, and how to weave, as well as instructions for weaving Shaker tapes. Learn about the history of the Shakers in America and the impact of their craftsmanship on our arts ... Read more
Learn how to make colorful, gorgeously patterned rugs using the 200-year-old techniques of the Shakers. The author researched and analyzed textiles at five historic Shaker village sites before developing a method to create new versions of these classics. You'll learn how ten original rugs were woven and then get detailed instructions on how to make ten reproduction rugs, with full explanations of the dyeing, the warp material, the weft materials, and how to weave, as well as instructions for weaving Shaker tapes. Learn about the history of the Shakers in America and the impact of their craftsmanship on our arts ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1054g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764349072
SKU
V9780764349072
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About Mary Elva Congleton
Mary Elva Congleton Erf is widely recognized as an authority on Shaker textiles. Her reproduction textiles are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art as well as the Shaker villages at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky; Canterbury, New Hampshire; and Hancock, Massachusetts.
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